Reptilia - Testudines - Bothremydidae
Full reference: E. S. Gaffney. 1975. A revision of the side-necked turtle Taphrosphys sulcatus (Leidy) from the Cretaceous of New Jersey. American Museum Novitates 2571:1-24
Parent taxon: Bothremydidae according to E. S. Gaffney et al. 2006
See also Gaffney 1975, Gaffney et al. 2009 and Noto et al. 2022
Sister taxa: Arenila, Atolchelys, Azabbaremys, Bothremydini, Bothremydodda, Carteremys, Cearachelyini, Cearachelys, Chedighaii, Elochelys, Inaechelys, Kurmademydinae, Kurmademydini, Kurmademys, Labrostochelys, Nigeremys, Palemys, Phosphatochelys, Pleurochayah, Podocnemis somaliensis, Rhothonemys, Rosasia, Sankuchemys, Sindhochelys, Taphrosphyini, Taphrosphys, Ummulisani
Subtaxa: Cearachelyodda Paiutemys
Ecology: amphibious omnivore
Distribution:
• Paleocene of United States (1: Maryland collection)
• Cretaceous of United States (1: South Carolina)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence